ubiquity crashed with grub failure

[Jonathan Riddell]

Binary package hint: ubiquity

Installing Kubuntu alpha 6 candidate Ubiquity crashes with a grub failure in the backtrace

[Jonathan Riddell (jr)]

Note this machine had done several installs previously this day. d-i installs had no problems. Ubiquity installs completed but the grub menu did not list the Windows XP drive on the machine, only Ubuntu.

[Billy Charlton (billy)]

I notice in the syslog that there are multiple Buffer I/O and media errors being reported from the install media. Might be worth re-burning onto a new, clean CD and trying again, seeing if you get the same results?

[Brian Murray (brian-murray)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Reviewing your log files attached to this bug report it seems that there is a problem with your installation media (CD/DVD) or with your hardware. Please retry your installation with new media and if it still fails I'd recommend testing your CD drive with other media. In the event that is is not in fact an error with your installation media or hardware please set the bug's status back to New. Thanks and good luck!

[Brian Murray (brian-murray)]

Exception during installation:
Sep 17 21:34:03 ubuntu python: Traceback (most recent call last):
Sep 17 21:34:03 ubuntu python: File "/usr/share/ubiquity/install.py", line 2317, in <module>
Sep 17 21:34:03 ubuntu python: install.run()
Sep 17 21:34:03 ubuntu python: File "/usr/share/ubiquity/install.py", line 460, in run
Sep 17 21:34:03 ubuntu python: self.configure_bootloader()
Sep 17 21:34:03 ubuntu python: File "/usr/share/ubiquity/install.py", line 1735, in configure_bootloader
Sep 17 21:34:03 ubuntu python: "GrubInstaller failed with code %d" % ret)
Sep 17 21:34:03 ubuntu python: InstallStepError: GrubInstaller failed with code -7
Sep 17 21:34:03 ubuntu python: